Revenge of the Birds
Everyone in the NFL knows that to have a good running game, you have to possess capable tight ends to help extend the offensive line. And if he is a good blocker and can lead the team in catches, that is a huge bonus.
Such is the life of Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride.
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It’s really weird how little media attention McBride gets, despite being in the same category of greatness as Travis Kelce and George Kittle. This past season, McBride had 169 targets, 126 catches for 1,239 yards with a 9.8 yards per reception average, 11 touchdowns, 63 first down conversions, 656 YAC, and just two drops.
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McBride was a recent guest on the podcast “Bussin’ with the Boys” with hosts former NFL players OT Taylor Lewan and LB Will Compton. They asked McBride a ton of questions in their show bus, along with their show minions.
LINK: BUSSIN’ WITH THE BOYS PODCAST
Here at Revenge of the Birds, we already did a short article on some of McBride’s answers from this same podcast. But all of that focused on his opinions about the new rookies, plus the new offensive system that is being installed.
ROTB wanted to finish out McBride’s thoughts on several unusual situations. For one, his high school is going to retire his jersey number this year. His school never retired a jersey number, and two other NFL players played there, so all three numbers will be retired in one big ceremony. Every player wants his jersey retired, no matter the sport or the level.
Not every one of McBride’s questions and answers are here.
Q: When you were playing with Kyler (Murray), was it harder for him being a smaller-stature QB?
McBride: Seeing the ball, it can definitely be different. Kyler’s not the tallest guy. Then there’s his arm angle. He’s a baseball guy, so he throws from every different arm angle, and he’s scrambling around and has a missile. He’s just a different quarterback than what I had played with, but we had a lot of success together. But then when Jacoby came in, he’s taller and a little easier to see with his release points, and things like that. It does make a little bit of a difference.
Q: One of the biggest news stories about Kyler was that he was always playing “Call of Duty.” Was that ever in the locker room?
McBride: No, it was never...
